'''Games Workshop''' is a British game production and retailing company, founded in [[1975]]. One of its key products was the ''[[Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game]]'', along with its more popular titles, [[wikipedia:Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer]] and [[wikipedia:Warhammer 40,000|Warhammer 40,000]]. Since [[2001]] it has produced a vast number of miniatures related to ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]'', and also collections of [[Middle-earth]] figures not related with the movies.

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In 1985, Games Workshop introduced the ''[[MERP]]''-system in the UK by publishing ''[[MERP: Middle-earth, The Role-playing Game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's World|Middle-earth, The Role-playing Game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's World]]''.

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'''Games Workshop''' is a British game production and retailing company, founded in [[1975]]. One of its key products is the ''[[Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game]]'', along with its more popular titles, [[wikipedia:Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer]] and [[wikipedia:Warhammer 40,000|Warhammer 40,000]]

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==History of Tolkienia==

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Games Workshop's magazine ''[[White Dwarf]]'' (founded in 1977) has featured much material related to game adaptations of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]].

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In [[1985]], Games Workshop introduced the ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]''-system in the UK by publishing ''[[Middle-earth: The Role-playing Game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's World|Middle-earth, The Role-playing Game set in J.R.R. Tolkien's World]]''.

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In [[2001]], Games Workshop introduced ''[[The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game]]'', a miniature game based on [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]].

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In [[2005]] was released the board game ''[[The Battle of Five Armies (2005 board game)|The Battle of Five Armies]]'', based on the events of the [[Battle of Five Armies]] from ''[[The Hobbit]]''.